Books like Britt-Marie Was Here
12 books with a reading profile close to Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. Inward-looking, contemplative and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Enzo, a loyal terrier-mix, observes the life of his owner, Denny Swift, an aspiring race car driver navigating personal tragedy and a high-stakes legal battle for his daughter.
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The Girl with the Louding Voice
by Abi Daré
Also inward-looking · inspirational, narrative
Fourteen-year-old Adunni lives in a rural Nigerian village where her father sells her into marriage to a local polygamist to pay the rent.
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3
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Seven-year-old Elsa is an outcast who finds sanctuary in the elaborate fairy tales told by her eccentric, rule-breaking grandmother.
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4
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
by Mitch Albom
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative
After a luxury yacht explodes in the Atlantic Ocean, ten survivors crowd into a small life raft, battling thirst, hunger, and hopelessness.
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5
THEO OF GOLDEN
by Allen Levi
Also inward-looking and contemplative · inspirational, narrative
Theo enters the quiet town of Golden with a specific, unusual mission.
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6
Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum, Tom Schulman
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
Set in 1959 at Welton Academy, a strict boarding school for boys, the narrative follows students Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, and their peers as they encounter a new English teacher named John Keating.
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7
Laskar Pelangi
Also contemplative · inspirational, narrative
The novel is narrated by Ikal, who recalls his childhood in the 1970s on the island of Belitung, Indonesia, where he attended a poor Muslim primary school, Muhammadiyah.
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8
Because of Winn-Dixie
Also clear-cut · inspirational, narrative
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, a preacher who struggles to talk about Opal’s absent mother.
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9
The Keeper of Lost Things
by Ruth Hogan
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Anthony Peardew is an elderly writer who has spent decades collecting lost objects, such as a glove, a key and a child's toy, which he keeps at home with notes about where he found them.
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10
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Yeoju, a woman who abruptly leaves her successful career and marriage after a burnout, opens a small bookstore in a quiet residential neighborhood in Seoul.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Tova Sullivan works the night shift cleaning the Sowell Bay Aquarium to cope with the isolation of widowhood and the disappearance of her son thirty years ago.
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12
Kira-Kira
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Katie Takeshima is a Japanese-American girl who grows up in Georgia in the 1950s, and her older sister Lynn teaches her the word "kira-kira," meaning glittering, as a way of seeing the world.
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